Which powersupply for this build?

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Big Swifty

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Deciding between either the 430W or the 520W model of the Seasonic S12II Bronze series. I'm already over budget so if the less expensive 430W version is good enough for my needs I'd happily spend the saved money elsewhere.

Intel i5-6500
Gigabyte GA B150M DS3H
1x8GB DDR4 (2400) RAM
1x2TB 7200 rpm Seagate HDD
1x250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
Cooler Master N200 case with 2 120mm fans
(keyboard, mouse, maybe a card reader)

The Outervision powersupply calculator gives me these results. The second number is if I ever decide to add a second hard drive, stick of RAM and an additional 120mm fan.

Load Wattage: 136W/175W
Recommended UPS rating: 350 VA/400 VA
Recommended PSU Wattage: 186W/225W

There´s also a possibility of adding a basic GPU card for light video editing at some point in the future. Not knowing which card at the moment, I´m assuming it would add about 100W.

In both present and future configurations the suggested PSU is the EVGA W1 80+ White 500W (though I'm going with Seasonic based on reviews).

So is the 430 sufficient for what I plan on for now and any/all future upgrades as listed, or do I need to go with the 520?
 
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Go ahead with the 430 if you are short on cash.
Your PC is very basic and even the 430 is way too much.
Even so as you do plan on getting a GPU with the 430 you can do some upgrade to like say GTX 750ti or even a 960.
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430W from Seasonic is more than sufficient for this build. You can even add a decent sub-75W graphics card later. That being said, you are limiting your future upgradeability of that machine - if you ever decide that you need a beefier GPU, this PSU won't cut it anymore.
 
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Go ahead with the 430 if you are short on cash.
Your PC is very basic and even the 430 is way too much.
Even so as you do plan on getting a GPU with the 430 you can do some upgrade to like say GTX 750ti or even a 960.
 
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Big Swifty

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Thanks to all for the advice. I live in a developing country with fewer purchase options and where most builders use some brand named Avatec, which I´m assuming is cheap since a case with a PSU sells for less than either the case I´m going with or the Seasonic PSU.

Took me some research, but I found the one source for Seasonic in the whole country so I´m feeling a bit more secure about the PSU.
 
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